“The Mandalorian and Grogu” looks incredible until you realize almost nobody is actually acting

I’d still rather this franchise continue struggling with acting than eliminate it altogether.

“The Mandalorian and Grogu” is about a guy wearing a helmet and his puppet son dealing with CGI creatures. This is a galaxy long, long ago and far, far away that rarely includes facial expressions in its acting, and whose main character usually speaks through a vocoder.

I loved a lot about Mando and Grogu. It reminds me a lot of Star Trek IV: The Voyage …